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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-05-07
THE WET BLANKET.
Its Application Sure Means of Reduci,
fhe Fever of FFieh Emurisa

tts Application a Sure Means of Reducins
he Fever of High Emprise.
There are few of us who have moi
made the acquaintance of the wet blan.
ket, and have not experienced its chill.
ing elects and suffered influenza and
pncumonia from its contact We have
often received it, no doubt, from quar-
ter flp}n which we least expected it,
and have, it may be, in our turn be-
slowed 1t where it was equally unwel-
come. What tendency it has to kill
our little enthusiasms with its frosty
touch, to accent our ignorances, to ar
rest our progress, to annihilate our pet
conceits! She who does not know the
wet bianket is fortunate being, per-
haps. but she lacks this means of de-
velopirent and discipline, although
most iQf us would vastly prefer TO re-
main qndeveloped and undisciplined to
the end of our days. 1t is not cheerful
to be matured by misfortune; one
would rather submit to the natural pro-
cess Of time. The wet blanket renders
US self-conscious and shrinking: il
makes hs feel as if we were too insignifi-
cant, too stupid, to accomplish any
thing serious or serviceable. 1t is worse
than anarcotic for Supplying the fac
ulties and benumbing the activities:
one could no more live under its con-
slant application than under that of a
chronic blister; it is species of torture
which, although slight, ends by par
alyzlng effort, spontaneity and origin
atty There are instances, however,
where the wet blanket has not been ap-
pied ptten enough-where it would
be ratAer reliable than otherwise in
couptefacting self-sufliciency and other
deep-aAated ailments. 1t is as good IA
9 physic for those whose stomachs are
disordered by too sweet an opinion of
themselves and contempt for others, or
as salicylic acid for the mem
tally rheumatic. There are wives
who have become SO docile I'M
der its influence that they not
only dare not say their souls are their
own. but no longer believe the fantasy.
VINO never venture to give an opinion
on alay subject till they have found out
which paY the wind blows, who have
had atellect eliminated by this
nietEa Indeed. Ahe- wet
blanket is largely used in the domestic
circle, and one can usually count among
one's friends few who keep it con-
stantly on hand, and do not scruple to
use it in order to subdue high spirits,
contented minds and lofty aspirations;
ike the cold compress, it is sure
means of reducing the temperature and
bringing the fever of high emprise
down to the normal pulse of common
place repose. However medicinal this
treatment may prove, we all like to
swallow our bitters voluntarily, and not
have them thrust upon us like great
ness; and to whatever school of medi-
cine we may belong, we place little con-
fidence in the saving grace of the wet
blanket for our own personal disorders,
however we may insist on its efficacy
with regard to others.-Hdrper' s Bdzdr.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-05-07
. very singularly) emaciated. His

80 very singularly) emaciated. Hi,
abdomen was concave, his limbs so at
tenuated that the shape of the bone.
could be clearly distinguished. Hi.
cheek-bones stood out, giving his fact
q CHASTITY appearance He looked, In
fact, like a skeleton prepared by dry.
i ing the muscles upon it in their natural
situation" His mind was imbecile---
that: Is to say, it was more obviously
imbecile than it had been before he
entered upon his fast OF had made much
progress with it.
| So far as can be judged, this young
man might have been saved If DR.. VIII
Ian had followed suitable method Of
treatment. But he allowed his patient
70 take much more food than was Judi
cious at such a time. Three pints Of
food were administered dai " namely,
a pint of milk for breakfast, pint of
mutton broth boiled with barley for
dinner, and as much rice milk for sup
per,-from the third dag after DIR. Will
Ian had seen the starved man. Aftor
total abstinence from solid food FOR
sixty days, this allowance was altogeth-
er too great. One-third of it would
have been too much. Milk was also
qHjte unsuitable, being more difficult
of digestion by an enfeebled stomach
than even solid food Yet for the
first few days it seemed as though the
unfortunate man was recovering. He
'regained flesh and strength, becoming
also cheerful, and his mind recovering
some degree of steadiness. On the
fifth day he showed signs Of restless
ness. On the morning of the sixth he
lost all recollection, and before mid
night he was delirious and unmanage-
able. Hispulse increased in frequency
his skin became hot and dry, and his
whole frame was shaken by constant
tremors. He remained in this state tin,
the eleventh day, emaciation increas-
ing and his pulse growing constantly
weaker and more rapid, until at last it
had been to one hundred and swenty
beats ia the minute. On. the eleventh
day The seven second from the COM
al saent Of his self+imposed fast, the
poor fellow died having 81 This time
fallen into q state Of utter proslration.
Notaihg that Tanner, Suoel Or, Mer-
latti hAs done n the way 81 fasting has
ID
me huinah frame to resist the effects OF
total abstinence from food as these two
cases. / set on one side for the mo-
ment the question whether Succi's herb
whatever it may be, is able to help the
body to resist the effects of fasting in
such degree that not only life but
health, strength and capacity for work
may remain. Considering only the re-
sistance opposed by simple vitality to
the effects of abstinence from food, we
have nothing to learn from fasts of
forty days or fifty days, or even from
fasts, if ever such should be undertaken,
for sixty days, or longer. TIE young
man who tasted sixty-one daJa and re-
manned alive, with fair chaccs IF being
even restored to strength, if properly
treated, was simply the tirst-as ha had
been thus far the only--man who has
ever tried the experiment Of fasting
sixty days.-RichGrd a. Proctor, IN Chi
o00o TT911ee
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"A writer in the New Orleans Plea
yat'se tells how young creole girl en-.
joyed herself at her first ball: Her red
lips smiled, her 1.-the form was all
culver. She saw Arthemise and rushed
over to kiss her-as young girls kiss
each other. "Oh," said Olympic, clasp
ing her palms and rolling her heavenly
eyes heavenward, "Oh, mon Dieul but
have amuse myself thiz night! 1
have been so gay--I have been happyl"
''YesP What did you doP" asked Arthe-
mise. "MeP Oh, 1 go out to supper
with my papa, dance one dance with
cousin Albert, I dance seek dance with
my brother Jules, an them sit IVY
my mammaF'
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-05-07

New evidence has been recently
given concerning the existence of the
sea serpent. 1t comes from Captain
Ebenzer Nye, of Cataumet, Me-, now in
his eighty-eighth year, who says that
during the season of 1910, while on Is
trip from Bangor to Edgartown with a
load of lumber and spars, Just outside
Of PenObscot Bay, he saw the sea SER
pent and had fine view of it through
bis glass as it crossed his bow. The
serpent had fattened head, and APP
Oeared as long as a seyenty-foot spar
which the Captain had in town.. T.
Sun.
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A sIX x AVS FAST
1ne Nnampi IN Food-Abstatner OF
the World
~an Who Puts succi. Tanner and
Merlatti to the Blush--FastersF FROM
M Necessity and From Choice,
the Worll


Some little regret having been occa-
stoned among the physicians who
watched Merlatti that he should not be
dying at the end of his long fast, and
have given them an opportunity Of de-
sserminlng by dissection the effects of
nIty days total abstinence from all solid
tood, 1t may be worth while to recall
the fact that in other cases an even.
longep abstinence from food has been
recorded, with abundant opportunity
tor examining the condition Of the nm
fortunate victims interior.
The first. case Of the kind which. a.
far as l know. is on record. is that If.
a patient of DR.. Currie, a well-known
physician of a generation or So ago
N August, 1895, Yorkshirernan Of
property applied to Carrie fer assist
ance On account Of an distraction in
bis THROAT, which threatened soon. to
deprive BIN pf nc mower Of awallosv.
~ u
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Md already lost the power of
swallowing solids of any kind, and the
quantity of liquid matter he was able
to swallow was not sufficient for his
nutrition. He was already consider
ably reduced. The operation of trach-
otomy naturally suggested itself to DIR.
Currie as appropriate under these con-
ditlons. But on passing a bougie into
the patients gullet it was found that,
although there was an obstruction some
two inches down, the real obstruction
laid seven or eight inches deep-a hard
tumor having formed in the passage,
whose steady growth threatened to
close it wholly,
On October II the obstruction rather
sud- snly increased, insomuch that
from that day the patient could not
swallow more than seven or eight
spoonfuls of broth. Even that quantity
diminished until, on October 80, the
passage was wholly closed, and from
that day the patient took no more food
of any sort. Bathing in milk rand
water and other external applications
of food can hardly be supposed to have
sch Authoritative. value, so that
3auent progress of the en-
may reasonably be COM
.,ooe cases of Suoci, Merlatti,
Tanner andsVfie rest of the freely-fast-
ing fraternity.
On October 80, then, after thirteen
days of almost total abstinence from
food, proceeded bytwo months of very
short fare, the unfortunate gentleman
entered on the fasting path, which in
his case could. end in but one way.
Before he had begun to suffer from the
obstruction to his swallowing he was
rather corpulent weighing gao pounds
Che was a tall and finely-built MANI, BY
October S0his weight had been reduced
to 179 pounds. In the first twenty days
2 from the period of the sudden increase
of the obstruction, his weight was re.
dueed 10 154 pounds. In the next four
days he lost five pounds more. On the
thirty-second day from. the time he
ceased to swallow he became delirious.
At this time he weighed only 1875
pounds, having lostanpwards of 100
pounds of his original weight. He died
on the thirty-sixth day from the time OF
absolute abstinence from food. This,
with the thirteen days of almost total
abstinence, and the preceding two
months, during which the loss of more
than quarter of his weight showed
that he was receiving much less than
the proper amount of nutrition, may be
regarded as fast considerably more
taxing than that which Merlatti has re.
Gently completed, and altogether more
remarkable than either Tanners OF
Succi's fast, seeing that neither of these
either tasted so completely or SO long
Apart from this, DIR, Currie's patient
was suffering from a disease which
must to some degree have taxed hi
physical strength. Thus, whatever
Tanners, Succi's and Merlatti's fast'
may have shown, this Yorkshireman'
enforced fast had taught much more
effectively ninety-one years ago.
For one month from the time of tota
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02
GRONETON.

Nov. 29.-Mrs. S. A. Cole is quite
sick.
Mrs. J. G. Langford spent Thanks
giving at her fathers, Wolcott, Vt.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets this
week with Mrs. Ellridge Richie.
w. T. Pike of Stark, we'll known to
many of our citizens, has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the County
farm at West Stewartstown.
The snow has disappeared and at
present writing it is raining.
Henry Cole of Laconia is visiting his
sister Mrs. Wheeler.
School closes next Friday. Why
cannot we have at least thirty six
weeks of schooling next year?
Stoddard g. Welch's machine shop
was burned on Thursday. Loss be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000; Insurance
$4,000.
The high water of Monday revealed
to Stoddard & WEIGH the necessity OF
raising their pier if they would keep
their dam in its place.
The Soule Bros. have some thirty
men at work in Mill Brook, and their
Nash Stream camp is equally well
manned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

Then Ia the very early morning hours.
Or when the long days work was DER,
There with his books, la study STILL he strOvo
Thus TO increase his knowledge store
That purpose strong was not Il selfish one
Which stirred our brothers heartand mind;
Twas more than natural thirst for know
Ambition common 10 mankind. ledge,
With sins forgiven, and heart in Christ re-
HIS talents 10 the Lord were given, Inewed
lie left the broad and crowded downward
And set out in the way to heaven. Iroad
And he had come TO feel his sphere in life
Was not to work the soil and sod,
But break the fallow ground of human hearts
With plOwshare of the word of God.
Not to SOW wheat or oats, and reap the same,
But SOW the seeds of righteousness;
And in Gods harvest field 10 garner souls
For Christ, and heaven, and holiness.
For he had heard Gods voice now calling him
"Go forth My Gospel to proclaim;
Tell sinful men of Him who came to save
And offer pardon i'm His name"
In Topsham first a waiting field he found
Wherein such noble work to do,
The sick to visit, mourning hearts to cheer
With solace from the Gospel true.
Twas here the need of helpmeet in his
1t Is supposed, he came to see, work
And then it CHANGED, at is not good"
lie read, For man alone to be-"
And yet some think twas something else than
His thoughts and heart affected more this,
And was the secret why his thoughts so much
Along such lines did run and soar.
For now fair Miss s., in the town offs.
With raven halr, and quiet mien,
Who was a worthy, earnest Christian too,
My conscientious friend had seen.
The weeks passed by, the autumn came, the
Bro't near n liked and certain dag (which
And which so filled his MUD, 'twould not
been strange ..tss
II little else in mind would stay.
And then one morn by stage he went away,
Yea, this he oft of late had done;
But what of that! to preachers meeting now,
Or TO his home, perhaps, he's gone.
But he paper now, from the town clerk
With certain names and figures, bore;
And why did they not notice those clothes,
And the smiles which on his face he woIe.
But that same smile, in fact, most all the time
For several months he late had worn;
And then Il preacher always should dress W ell
And be besides well shaved and shorn.
Concluded next week.
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found in every department, each of
Which is most thoroughly stocked with
new and desirable goods, at moderate
prices, and well worthy of inspection.
Patronize home trade.
E. w. Frye has sold his farm in
Waterford to Mosely lIovey, and will
probably soon move to this village,
Mrs. Frye having bargained for the
place owned by DIV. Hubbard, known
as the Widow Wright house. Price
$500.
The Windsor Theatre Company gave
an entertainment at the Town Hall
last Wednesday evening, presenting
Hazel Kirke. The play was greatly
enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
Now is the time to purchase Xmas
presents, and the most attractive place
in Concord is at o. b. Cuttings where
can be found a splendid collection,
both useful and ornamental, at the
lowest possible prices. A visit to this
popular place will reveal innumerab BILE
good things to intending purchasers
such as cannot fail of claiming their
attention.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02
CANAAN.

Nov. 28.-Our winter went away to
attend Thanksgiving dinner and has
not yet returned.
The railroad is coming at good speed
and the arrival is now fixed for Dec. 8.
Mr.. Bernice Silver has sold his farm
and will at once remove to Leming-
ton. We understand Mr.. E. Weeks
has bought the farm for So, 100.
Read the great offers on the first
column of the second page, and tell
your neighbors about them.
School commenced in the village
district Nov. 81, under the instruction
of Mr.. F. s. Pugsley. Mr.. p taught
the school last winter, and we may ex-
poet, if every one interested do their
part, we shall have a very successful
term of school.
Mr.. John Baptist is very low with
heart trouble and is not expected to
recover.
Frank McAulister who has been very
sick with typhoid fever is slowly re-
covering.
There was dance at Grange Hall
Thanksgiving night. Nearly fifty
couples attended and all report a
good time.
Miss Maud Turner was married on
the 18th inst. to Mr.. William Gay of
Pennsylvania, Rev. G. Bryne OF Cole
brook officiating. The following even
ing a number of our young people
were entertained by the newly married
couple, when the bride was presented
with many valuable presents, tokens
of love and esteem. The happy pair
have tire hearty good wishes of large
circle of friends for their future happi-
ness and prosperity.
The correspondent from this place
of the News and Sentinel in speaking
of social gathering had short time
since in this vicinity spoke in rather
complaining terms of the "Foreign
element present from Wallace Pond"
Now Charles probably has conscience,
and it very likely reproved him some
what for saying what he did, for we
hear that he has been investigating in
relation to said "foreign element" and
became SO favorably impressed by then
and their ways that he is said to have
adopted them ways and ALL not even
excepting their religious belief, for
Charles had to sacrifice his feelings in
this one instance. Not that he object
ed to one faith from another, but that
any form of religion is a little foreig,
to his nature. He has, however,
passed the ordeal and is happy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02
WEST CONCORD.

Nov. 29.-The village schools com.
mence Dec. and continue ten weeks
with Miss Ranney and Miss Dudley
as teachers, the same as last term.
Read the great offers on the first
column of the second page and then
notify your neighbors.
d. IL. Morton has moved into the
True house and s. Moody takes his
place in the tenement over George
Paris boot and shoe shop, while the
Rev. Mr.. Eastman will occupy the
Spiller house vacated by Moody. BY
this arrangement Mrs. Moody has a
better opportunity to know how we'll
the tall ieweler attends to the wishes
OF his customers.
Charles Richards has moved to
Kirby going to farming we under
stand. This leaves vacant tenement
in the McGregor house.
Mr.. r. s. Brigham makes use OF our
advertising columns this week to offer
inducements to his patrons that should
not be overlooked. These are to be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02
VICTORY.

Nov. 29.-Mr Clothier has his barn,
house, store and camp all in running
order. By what we hear, prices are
not to be as high at his shop as most
of the places where they sell in town.
Mr.. G.. does not expect to get rich on n
gallon of kerosene.
Read the great offers on the first
column of the second page, and tell
your neighbors about them.
d. G. Bonett thinks he will try log
ging this winter.
Mrs. Maginnis is boarding about 30
men for Tarbell & Colby.
Blood s. Walker have taken about
90 men to board for Mr.. Clothier.
Allen Lynaugh has the lung fever.
Quarterly meeting was held at Da-
mons Crossing last Sunday. The
audience listened very attentively to
one of the Presiding Elders good ser.
mons.
Mr.. G., w. Darling has gone to
Boston.
The Hazen Mill is to have new latest
improved machinery throughout.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02
INTENDED TOR last week I

DIR. Billiard of st. Johnsbury was
recently called as counsel with DIR.
Jewell, in case of Mrs. Levi Howe who
has been ill for sometime past.
Louis Langua, Jr., has returned
from New York, where he has spent
the summer engaged in ice business.
Irving Lee returned last week from
his annual trip to Dakota, where he
runs an engine during the threshing
season. lie reports a heavy crop of
wheat in Northern Dakota; also much
excitement in regard to prohibition,
and the admission of Dakota as u
State.
Mr.. Kicker has moved his phi ITO
graph rooms between Paris shoe shop
and Wetherbee's grocery. This will
be much better location for business.
James Parsons for many years EN-
ployed on the Railroad section is now
living at Worcester, Mass.
Eugene, son of B. F. Wadleigh of
this place, started this week for a
months vacation in Colorado.
Mrs. Cephas Hill died the 18th inst.
at the residence of her daughter Mrs.
G. p. Palmer. Mrs. Hill has been i'll
and great sufferer for q long time.
Her age was about SO years. Rev. L.
Fortney ofIiciated at the funeral.
Prof. James Whitney commenced a
singing school in this place last Satur-
day evening. This furnishes fine
opportunity for those wishing to re-
ceive thorough instruction in vocal
music.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

A number of the masonic fraternity
paid a visit to Gorham Lodge last
Tuesday evening to witness the con-
ferring of the third degree. They were
very much pleased with the work, and
after enjoying a season of social inter
course, were Hospitality entertained
by banquet at the Alpine House by
the members of Gorham Lodge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

Leavitt's Old Farmers Almanac for
1S88-the best of all the almanacs-is
now out. Send ten cents to G. II.
Colby, Lancaster, NH, for copy post
paid; or rs cents for twelve; So per
one hundred delivered. "The Lancas-
ter Mystery" large book of 172 pages
free for % cents. Send, Tor what is
better so and see Mr.. Colby'S stock of
books before buying. Great induce
ments to heavy buyers. In stationery
he Gun sell you cheaper than any one
north of Boston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

will mail for rs cents each any OF
the following large books in paper
cover, lin cloth they cost $3.50 retaiD:
Country Ballads, by Will Carleton;
Oliver Twist; White Chief by Mayne
Reid; To Love and Be Loved; True to
the Last by A. s. Roe; Artemus Ward
complete; Lena Rivers by Mary j.
Holmes; True as Steel by Marion Har-
land; A Terrible Secret by May Agnes
Fleming, and several others all large
12mo books, good type, and about SOC
pages each. Ct. II. Colby, Bookseller
Lancaster, N. Ii.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

The brass band, recently organized
under the charge of Charles Burnham,
gave a promenade concert Thanks
giving eve. A large number partici-
pated in the pleasures of the evening
which were thoroughly enjoyed by
all. The band boys acquitted them
selves admirably, and rendered the
various selections in manner calcu.
culated to please all. Over $50 was
realized which, considering the small
admission fee charged, is sufficient
proof of it's success.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

A prominent Boston orchestra has
been endeavoring to secure the services
of d. P. Mckenzie, whose skill with
the razor is only excelled by that OF
the double bass, to act with them in
the latter capacity this winter. But
Dave expresses a preference for Island
Pond society awhile longer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

On Thanksgiving Day Mrs. G.. G.
Vallee was presented by her four sons
with very handsome China dinner
set consisting of 100 pieces, also a
chamber set Of 10 pieces. The day
was also the 51st anniversary of her
birth. Last year her eldest son Walter
presented her with a nice silver tea
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

We desire to call the attention of
our readers to one OF the greatest and
best family newspapers in this conn
try, newspaper fully suited to the
requirements of every family. We re-
fer to the New York Observer. See
advt. in another column, and send for
specimen copy free.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-02

Mrs. Marcel Paree, who has been ill
with consumption, died very suddenly
last Tuesday afternoon. Much SYM
pathy is extended to the bereaved hus-
band in his great loss, following as
it does so soon after the death of his
only child, which occurred three weeks
ago. Burial at 8 O'Clock Friday
morning.